EcoFocus is proud to announce our 2012 Audience Favorite Awards! The awards were generated through audience ballots throughout the festival, and announced at last night's closing party. In the EcoKids Short Film Category, the winner is Shark Riddle! In the Short Film Category, two films received the audience top pick: Song of the Spindle and Chasing Water.

For our last day of EcoFocus, we'll be at Ciné all day! We'll get started with a 1pm screening of Food Stamped with a great discussion planned for afterward. At 3pm, we have an "Energy Double Feature" with a US PREMIERE screening of Drying for Freedom and Pipe Dreams.

On Friday we have three great events in store for EcoFocus. At 2pm, come for a free screening of Clean Bin Project at Ciné sponsored by the Athens Clarke County Recycling Division.

Have you been meaning to go to the Georgia Museum of Art on the UGA campus?? This is a great reason to go! Join us for a reception and special screening of two films: eel*water*rock*man (short film), and Sushi: The Global Catch. Screening will be followed by live discussion with filmmaker Mark Hall, local restaurateur Peter Dale of The National, and fisheries biologist Dr.

For the first time at EcoFocus, we present an environmental selection from the George F. Peabody Awards Collection housed at the University of Georgia Special Collections Library.

Join us for this very special free screening of an unforgettable film. Screening will be followed by discussion with Dr.

It's a great day for EcoFocus! EcoKids films (for younger kids) and Solartaxi (for older kids and adults) at 1pm. Free for kids, $5 for adults.

Where do we start? Saturday March 24th at EcoFocus is going to be a fantastic, don't-miss day at Ciné! We'll start at 2pm with a screening of Urban Roots folllowed by a conversation with Riding Bikes with the Dutch filmmaker Michael Bauch, David Berle (that's the UGArden guy, amongst lots of other great things), and Heahter Benham of the Athens Land Trust. Sponsor Heirloom Market and Café will have snacks for audience members after the screening.

Help us launch our Fourth Annual Film Festival in style with the EcoFocus Opening Night Film and Party! Join us at 7pm for a festival welcome and screening of the award-winning film Buck and short film Anna, Emma and the Condors. Filmmakers Toby Shimin and Joy Reed (Buck) and Katja Torneman (Condors) will host a question-and-answer session with the audience, followed by the Opening Night Party in the CinéLab! Filmmakers Toby Shimin and Joy Reed (Buck), Katja Torneman (Condors), Michael Bauch (Riding Bikes with the Dutch), Mark MacInnis (Urban Roots), and Jerry Ensminger and Mike Partain (Semper Fi: Always Faithful) will be on-hand on opening night to mix and mingle with EcoFocus enthusiasts.

EcoFocus kicks off Wednesday, March 21st with a FREE screening of YERT: Your Environmental Road Trip. Everyone is welcome to this free event with pizza, door prizes, and filmmaker Ben Evans in attendance to take questions and talk about his journey!! Fifty states.